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 1 June 2011New AfricaHardball dates announced CbI has announced dates for two new regional-focused political risk roundtables in London. North AfricaHardball will take place on Tuesday 26 July, with West AfricaHardball set to be staged on Tuesday 13 September. AfricaHardball events are played out under the Chatham House Rule and bring together policy-makers, industry leaders and analysts to discuss the political issues that shape Africa. 13 May 2011Resources in the Gulf will define the region’s future policy options and relationships Despite abundant wealth in the majority of Gulf states, many of their resources are constrained by huge domestic demand. In its 900th issue, GSN takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing the region
CbI Chairman Jon Marks is quoted in this FT article
Ivory Coast's new president new faces country half destroyed by civil war and an economy starved of investment. African Energy editor Thalia Griffiths’ article for the Guardian
The report was presented at the seminar by its lead authors, Jon Marks and John Hamilton, and critically assessed by Algerian and international experts.
CbI chairman Jon Marks reports from Benghazi for African Energy: Realisation of the seriousness of the situation in revolutionary Benghazi only struck home in the late afternoon of 15 March with conflicting reports about the possible fall of Ajdabiya. On the morning of 16 March reports came in of a government bombardment at the eastern capital’s airport and other strategic locations. As African Energy went to press, a majority of foreigners had left for the border with Egypt. In previous days, the city had been surprisingly relaxed for a place living through such highs and lows: from the ecstasy of throwing the Qadhafi regime out of eastern Libya in mid-February to the realisation that its National Libyan Committee (NLC) forces would not stride on to take Tripoli, and then to see key towns earlier won for Free Libya fall to better-equipped regime forces. Excerpt from African Energy Issue 205, 18 March 2011 |
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